In one of the more surreal news stories I have heard in a while, the British and French have discussed sharing their nuclear deterrent.
Say what?
Suppose that the eternally gloomy Brown decides to kill all the Argies who are trying to nick the Falklands again now that they might have lots of oil and not just damp sheep, does he have to track down Sarkozy to whatever apartment in a nice arrondisement he happens to be having his current affair, and ask him for the key to the button?
As someone working in the nuclear establishment said, "when they made Dr Strangelove it was supposed to be biting satire. To us insiders, it looked more like a documentary."
What could possibly go wrong?
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